MARC details
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04115cam a2200445 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1237345704 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20211129141747.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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210602t20212021nyuaf b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2021004832 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
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OCLCO |
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OCLCF |
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OCLCO |
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YDX |
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PHA |
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TOH |
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VTS |
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NFG |
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1269630457 |
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1272904447 |
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1274175752 |
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1284932337 |
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1285001343 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781541675087 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1541675088 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1237345704 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1269630457 |
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(OCoLC)1272904447 |
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(OCoLC)1274175752 |
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(OCoLC)1284932337 |
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(OCoLC)1285001343 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
e-uk-en |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
091.0942 |
| Item number |
W451 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wellesley, Mary, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1986- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The gilded page : |
| Remainder of title |
the secret lives of medieval manuscripts / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Mary Wellesley. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Basic Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2021. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
©2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details |
color illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
still image |
| Content Type Code |
sti |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- Prologue: The alchemy of parchment -- Discoveries -- Near disasters -- Patrons -- Artists -- Scribes -- Authors & scribes -- Authors hidden -- Epilogue: the death of the manuscript -- Afterword: the Use and misuse of the past. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"The Gilded Page is the story of the written word in the pre-Gutenberg age. Ranging from the earliest intact book in Europe, to the only known literary manuscript to be written in Shakespeare's hand, scholar Mary Wellesley reveals the secret lives of these literary and artistic treasures. Traipsing through the remarkable history, she recounts fires (the only surviving Beowulf manuscript is singed at its edges, losing a bit of its matter every decade) and threats ("this is Elisabeth Danes's book / he that steals it shall be hanged by the neck," reads the marginalia in one treasured text). Some manuscripts were designed to reinforce power-like the psalter commissioned by Henry VIII, with a bold illustration of David fighting Goliath, the king's likeness as David's and his archnemesis Pope Paul III's face drawn on Goliath. Some survive and remain celebrated because of an author's political connections-we have so much of Chaucer's writings, and thus study and revere them, because he was a government official first, a poet second. And although work identified with men was more likely to survive through time, some of the most beguiling and beautiful texts were created by women. Many have been lost, like Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love. Yet others are relatively recent discoveries, like the manuscript of illiterate Margery Kempe, found in a country house closet by a family searching for ping pong balls, the book's cover nibbled on by mice. But all these objects have their secrets, and their creation and survival tell us much about power and art, knowledge and beauty. Today we associate illuminated manuscripts with wealthy elites, but they were made by ordinary people: the grinders and binders, the scribes and rubricators. We remember the patrons and the authors, but these objects have been much altered-text embroidered by upstart scribes, mistakes made in copying poems, whole chapters lost to time-and our literary inheritance is one of collective authorship. Rich, dazzling, and passionately told, Untitled is a tribute to some of the most exquisite objects ever made by human hands"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Manuscripts, Medieval |
| Geographic subdivision |
England |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Transmission of texts |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects |
| Geographic subdivision |
England |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English literature |
| Chronological subdivision |
Old English, ca. 450-1100 |
| General subdivision |
History and criticism. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English literature |
| Chronological subdivision |
Middle English, 1100-1500 |
| General subdivision |
History and criticism. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
99360 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval |
| Geographic subdivision |
England. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Marginalia |
| Geographic subdivision |
England |
| General subdivision |
History. |
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C0 |
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NFG |
